The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-27

old p%entleman's will was read IL was found 70
be, particularly harsh In his regard. IL practi-
'When Patroiman, Maneom frat saw the two
Sr9tbors on the st2op he nEGIi deSa th TsI Ere sas
easily explained. Finding his father dead, he
had thrown himself on the body, after yading
Nathan hnd exhibited no such emotion. and il
addition some ono Interested In the family had
tGs s5s nrSs@St ssnin wh him. "i HIs Ssmd inSssa sss
not that OF y dutiinl son suddenly and terribly
berenyed. For u whole week after tho murder
c ee Y Sis n " Hsna fSe sior To- "c 81 bYs iit q md ne:
%sociates were such az to cause the police. u NOT
him under surveillance. u friends, who pledged
themselves ia. produce him Mt the INQUEST.
Stress has been laid on The iact that on me
bit %Ts s liz, L t!%nsSI4cra.ieen; SUI y! !. i i true hs 81
avenue. from an early hour Thursday evening
", to the time when he started 10 walk home.
His conpani9n that evening was a lallcn won.
wny OF nil such .hntortunatcs. The inquest
held ~, Coroner Rollins shortly aiterward 70,
held sack TIC Tide Of suspicion against him.
Tue rolicc were encouraged IN every wayt 9
discover the, murderer. Towards were offered
lsrncii'cs OF tho city, and friends o. the dead
ran-nggregntinR more than $45!DO AS usual
cranes and That ciass Of practical iokcrs who
arpcar. in such an emergency. 10 tnse dciignt
IN leading tho detectives astray. WY, WITHIN
the thrrc weeks succeeding tho murder SUPER
intcnnen; Jourian received ut ieast ooU letters
from all parts 81 the country. prn.lering ndvice.
When The inquest was Svorthe action o" those
e"nI%cntcd upon. fhsy appsared 70 have
tho veil Which c"nGe.tled the identity OF the
criminal. Hall a dozen arrests were made; and
rsi sST1T S' !SsSry wes some ns0 Il tho 20 s SSIs? ae,ec 2
tiyrs engaged on tho case insisted, that II w,ts
whit is known as an inside lob. without tho
b"ro Of Nr. Na;hmn's family having committed
tho "riilc. Others snid 1t was a .stgwhway.,,
III" in,trnmsnt used us wa was t that OF a c ndV wn,,,l
have carried such ~ tool into a house. ana, as
matter Of fact. such IN instrument would have
iosIny cabinet. Still othors came to the. con-
ciusi"n that II was II iirst-c!ass, p!r,0lcssional,
second story j9.;. \ marks nrs Sc on t tine pillars OF the
Those wiiD, held To, the theory that it was an
inside Job" pointed ut William Kelly. the son
adhercnts Of The stowaway" theory had. u
long. weary. and %fruitless hunt among tho
1000 or more professional nn1 nnpr9iessi9nai
carUbic OF committing the. crime. surprising;
ar was not tho case. that the front door had
.ly own personal belief is that William
Kelly. the son OF the housekecper. admitted
cop!edcrntcs into the house win q view or
Robin. the safe that they succeeded in getting
aroused Mr.. Nathan. who engaged in n strug-
fro sc Young KoIly. and this. made it
necessary. In order to insure the safety OF the
party, 10 close, tho cid mans mouth forever.
been shown that Kelly was the associate of
thieves YES, an ARD mh ne ,o hh hsu ns we ,n sat dSsntf"I njs sN-
George Ellis, Il burglar. was brought, down
from Sing Sing on the superstition that he was
jnnn who had been named" by the police as
having committed the murder. Ellis was kept
under L Guard 1n Tor more to tH WMicb fhr 6im m aav and q
night. One of these men was Detective Patrick
Dolan Of the Central ONCE, to whom Ellis re-
Pat Jonrdan the Superintendent is going
to aie. ard Im asoin' back to State prison.
How do YOU know that ~ Dolan inquired.
We'll. his clothes don't fit him"
That was EI,is,s gauge. of sunerintendent
ward. From the day after the Nathan tragedy
r%urently, reglined his old familiar air. Was
he in possession OF, an awful secret?
There. was much. ado made concerning the
disposition made Of the room in which, Mr.:
cri,nc: also IsoS eo TrerriiE NV asH"N .stHHnm''ss cloth.
ing. The story told Concerning, the latter was
that II mysterious bundle OF bloody articles
tho day Of the murder. Yet with more than
eA5,Ooo rcndy to be .gi%en TO them IN case OF
crime, the detectives we're mnnbi" to cajoleo or
irish,en tho w~nslcrwcman who received the
bundle into disclosing its contents. The story
fore dusk on tho day of tho murder, ind short
ly after BrnjnInin Nathau's, mutilated body had
OF Ills residence. the carpet Of tho reception
room was on its wayt I? q cleaners establish
mcnt, and every blood stain on the walls was
The story Of the Nathan murder rGm%ins thu
H"t they say lft.is be 3 true the query Who
swered. llen yet living VIII" We're young md
vigorous when ii occurred have never lost sight
us they arc capable OF continuing it..
Come day tho police may revive" the MUIR
dss; 'h fba h@y s,S s1Ie n 4sviy a9iDE i Il m 5Ss{Ic tn1 IN
pected son. They came near doing it not very
Washington Nathan did not reform when his
father died. His associations became worse
instead OF better. He not only associated with
iaaat G5to pt. w' Of t 4 so, ai":yn"PG 81 ""f fi Sl tHo
on West, Tw"nty-sccond street; between Sew
TiDii an" and ''s lissr asslaIS. ~ B;s one ',e'S Sama nse @ifS
whom he associated his life WAS threatened In
Z Il; Of Jealousy, And he Mas af'eryard shot at
lEnsi"n Nat %1in at 4 this ti REsn Hist lis l% nj Hs: S the
ton almost inevitable. Had such an operation
physician q his city would have been taken
NV VIE nv itth' thttt ia
such an event 1t would have boon neces-
would have psen used which would
first have placed tho patient in II state OF
stupor, then in u condition OF anasthetic ine-
briefly, and lastly in II state OF coma. In re-
turning to consciousness tho patient would
hive PASSED into tho inebriute stage again.
The physician in question, an expert in hEHs-
tletlcs, knew, rs all tlrSt-class practitioners do.
that In this inebriate condition the patient Is
Incapable Of retaining q secret. The physician,
hnd he been called IN, would have determined
to either clear Washington Nathan, for whose
family he had the, erentcst regard, or satisfy
himself OF his, guilt: He proposed, when tho
patient should be in tho inebrinte stage, to
question Inn In such n doft manner as 10 rap
Idly ascertain wletiier he slew his father or
was Innocent. He would have repeated the
questions nj the second iuobrinto stage. and no
would hay" lett iii" chamber Of the patient
convinced one way or the other.
The operation was not performed. and the
opportunity was not afforded the physician OF
making the desired test.
Mr., Nathan. in, later years, married the
daughter Of Col. j. II. Mapleson. a widow Of
high social standing. The last heard OF
Wash was that lie was III In Europe.
Was tho secret Of the Nathan murder too
awful n one for such u man rs John Jourdan
to kcep?. From the day Of Nathan's death
JouriHG failed. He never made u step In adj
vance, and dic, n few months aitcrwlrd.
The dog" with which the crime was COM
niltted Disappeared during krlso's administra-
ton, mud tho one among tho relies at the